Новости за 12.11.2020

Denver Public Schools (DPS) plans to install disinfecting lights on its school buses to help combat COVID-19 as students attend in-person classes.The school district added VioSafe disinfecting lights designed to kill germs on surfaces to 10 of...

Judy Shelton, President Trump’s controversial nominee to the Federal Reserve, will receive a vote on the Senate floor next week and is expected to pass.Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a key swing vote, announced Thursday that she had decided to...

In the midst of an economic crisis brought on by a global pandemic, President-elect Joe Biden has chosen as his chief of staff a longtime ally who has experience managing both a massive stimulus package to revive a moribu...

In the midst of an economic crisis brought on by a global pandemic, President-elect Joe Biden has chosen as his chief of staff a longtime ally who has experience managing both a massive stimulus package to revive a moribund economy and the...

President-elect Joe Biden and congressional Democratic leadership on Thursday discussed the need for a coronavirus deal during the end-of-the-year lame duck session.Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) hit back at a tweet by Sen. Joe Manchin, a centrist Democrat from West Virginia, with an image of her appearing to glower at him at the State of the Union.In the original twee...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) hit back at a tweet by Sen. Joe Manchin, a centrist Democrat from West Virginia, with an image of her appearing to glower at him at the State of the Union.In the original tweet, Manchin linked to an...

Utah reported 3,919 coronavirus cases on Thursday, nearly a thousand more cases than its previous record last Friday, when 2,987 cases were reported.The grim development brings the number of case...

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and the campaigns of Sens. David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) have raked in a combined $32 million over the past six days as they prepare for a pair of Sena...

The city of Chicago on Thursday announced a 30-day stay-at-home order to take effect next week as Illinois and other states across the country are experiencing a rapid surge in COVID-19 cases. Ch...

Multiple incidents of people using counterfeit tests results to work around coronavirus restrictions laid out by various countries have been reported in recent weeks.Last week, French police arrested six men and one woman who...

At least five people who were aboard the first Caribbean cruise ship in months tested positive for COVID-19, according to a CNN report.JUST IN: Th...

In a time of crisis, the United States has always come together! We are now in the midst of a war! We are fighting a common enemy that gives no quarter and that attacks indiscriminately. It cares not if you are Republican or Democrat. Our enemy is...

Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) conceded his House race against Republican challenger Nicole Malliotakis on Thursday, paving the way for the GOP to retake one of the most competitive districts in the nation.Malliotakis, a member of the New York State&...

Texas Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro pledged to serve no more than four terms if elected chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a seat he's seeking on a party unity platform.In a "Dear colleague" letter sent Tuesday to House Democrats, Castro...

Costco updated its face covering policy to require people with a medical exemption from wearing a mask to instead wear a face shield in the store. The company will mandate all members, guests and employees to wear a face mask or face shield in...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a pivotal moderate Republican vote, says she will vote to confirm Judy Shelton, President Trump’s controversial nominee to the Federal Reserve.“I’ve had an opportunity to talk to Judy Shelton and I’m going to be...

Former President Barack Obama wrote in his memoir that the selection of then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) as Sen. John McCain's (R-Az.) 2008 running mate began a rightward shift in the party that McCain himself "abhorred."...

After a spectacular campaign cycle for House Republicans, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is vowing that his party will take back the majority in 2022.In an interview with the Washington Post, McCarthy guaranteed that Republicans, two...

A Tennessee man who served 15 years in prison was exonerated Tuesday after a judge found he was wrongly convicted of first-degree murder.

Several Senate Republicans are joining calls for President-Elect Joe Biden to get access to intelligence briefings, in a break with the Trump administration.Most GOP senators aren’t yet ready to say Trump lost re-election but, in a potential hat tip...

A North Dakota nurses union is rejecting a policy that would allow COVID-positive nurses to continue treating patients at coronavirus units of hospitals and nursing homes if they are not symptomatic....

New York state's attorney general is pushing ahead with an investigation into tax records from the family of the Trump Organization's chief financial officer as part of a probe into President Trump's company, ...

President-elect Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Thursday, the latest in a series of calls he has held with world figures since he was declared the winner of the presidential race.“The president-elect thanked His Holiness for extending blessings...

A 38-year-old teacher in Iowa died last week, just three days after testing positive for coronavirus.Daniel Frazier, superintendent of the Belmond-Klemme Community School District, told ...